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Welcome!We resurrect old typefaces of historical importance and make them available to you.Each font package includes typefaces unique to their period, plus printer's ornaments, borders, and symbols.It's everything you need to create period pieces for advertising, business use, book design, educational, and recreational purposes.You've seen our fonts featured in National Geographic Books, ESPN Magazine, book covers, in-store ads, concert posters and many other places.Browse our selection below and see for yourself why for over 10 years Walden Font Co. is the premier source for historical fonts!
47 bold and grungy Wild West advertising fonts with 300+ clip-art images, border and bullet fonts, including the whimsical "Cattle Brands"
The Wild West Press is a set of fonts and clip art from the days of the american wild west, or frontier days as the pioneers would say. the fonts are accurate reproductions of old wood type that you might find on old playbills or wanted posters.
14 authentic Civil War Era fonts from recruitment posters and other printed material of the time. Includes 70 clip-art images.
The Civil War Press is a set of fonts and clip art that let you create authentic-looking documents from the period of the American Civil War.
18 original Revolutionary War era fonts plus 300+ clip-art images. It's all you need for authentic 18th century designs.
The Minuteman Printshop is a set of fonts and clip art from the colonial period of American history. It can be used for projects for the revolutionary war period, colonial times or any other 18th century type project.
9 handwriting fonts from the Middle Ages, Renaissance and beyond. Includes our popular "William Shakespeare" and "Copperplate 1672" fonts.
Divers Handes is a set of old or antique renaissance handwriting fonts. It includes fonts that resemble William Shakespeare's handwriting and many other interesting historical handwriting fonts.
18 historic German Fraktur fonts, including Gutenberg's original bible font. Great for hip clothing designs!
The Gutenberg Press is a set of fonts and clip art that contains famous German fraktur fonts. Fraktur is a German style of blackletter or gothic font type. The set includes Gutenberg's original typeface or font.
11 bizarre yet authentic calligraphy fonts, including custom creations by renowned Australian Calligrapher Mark Calderwood.
Magick is a set of strange witchcraft-type fonts. They are bizarre and unusual looking. Anybody interested in historical fonts or witchcraft or witches and wizards should look at these fonts.
A historic 18th century font that includes the long "s" and other special characters. Also includes signatures of many famous Americans.
Old State House is a font from the colonial or revolutionary war period of American history, also known as the war of Independence or the American Revolution. The font includes the long s.
A high-quality Old German Script font. Includes ligatures and special characters. Ideal for learning German Script.
Kurrent Kupferstich is an old German script font. Old German script is also known as Suetterlin or S�tterlin script or schrift. The font is great for those who wish to learn the old German script.
What is the font we use in our logo?
Visitors to our site frequently ask us about the font used in our logo at the top of this page. It's called "Copperplate 1672" and it's part of the Divers Handes collection of classic handwriting fonts. Click here to find out more about it!
Another Great Wild West Press Poster
Brice Beasley's sumptuous creation is another showcase for the fonts and bullets of the Wild West Press.
Wild West Press perfect for band posters
Owen Troy of Design des Troy used the Wild West Press almost exclusively to design a series of posters. He says "We couldn't have gotten the right off-kilter antiquity look for their sound without your Wild West type, which we used (heck, overused) in a frenzy." Check out the Wild West Press now!
The Air Brush Outlaws - Yeehaw!
A whole new breed of air brush artists recently hit the web. It looks like the Wild West Press came in mighty handy for their new website!